Leptophis mexicanus

Leptophis mexicanus, commonly known as the Mexican parrot snake, is a species of medium-sized slender snake in the family Colubridae. The species is endemic to the Americas.

Leptophis mexicanus
An adult Mexican parrot snake (Leptophis mexicanus) found in Quintana Roo, Mexico
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Suborder: Serpentes
Family: Colubridae
Genus: Leptophis
Species:
L. mexicanus
Binomial name
Leptophis mexicanus
Synonyms
  • Leptophis mexicanus
    A.M.C. Duméril, Bibron &
    A.H.A. Duméril, 1854
  • Ahætulla mexicana
    — Günther, 1858
  • Thrasops mexicanus
    — Cope, 1860
  • Hapsidophrys mexicanus
    — Cope, 1885[2]
  • Thalerophis mexicanus
    — Oliver, 1948
  • Leptophis mexicanus
    — J. Peters & Orejas-Miranda, 1970[3]

Geographic range

L. mexicanus can be found in southern Mexico and Central America, in Guatemala, Belize, Honduras, El Salvador, Nicaragua, and Costa Rica.[3]

Subspecies

There are four recognized subspecies, including the nominate subspecies.[3]

References
  1. Lee, Julian; Lopez-Luna, Marco Antonio (2013). "Leptophis mexicanus ". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T197500A2491231. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-2.RLTS.T197500A2491231.en.
  2. Boulenger GA (1894). Catalogue of the Snakes in the British Museum (Natural History). Volume II., Containing the Conclusion of the Colubridæ Aglyphæ. London: Trustees of the British Museum (Natural History). (Taylor and Francis, printers.) xi + 382 pp. + Plates I-XX. (Leptophis mexicanus, pp. 108-109).
  3. Leptophis mexicanus at the Reptarium.cz Reptile Database. Accessed 20 April 2017.

Further reading
  • Duméril A-M-C, Bibron G, Dumeril A[-H-A] (1854). Erpétologie générale ou histoire naturelle complète des reptiles, Tome septième. Première partie. Comprenant l'histoire des serpents non venimeux. Paris: Roret. xvi + 780 pp. (Leptophis mexicanus, new species, pp. 536–537). (in French).
  • Henderson RW (1976). "A New Insular Subspecies of the Colubrid Snake Leptophis mexicanus (Reptilia, Serpentes, Colubridae) from Belize". J. Herpetology 10 (4): 329–331. (Leptophis mexicanus hoeversi, new subspecies).
  • Liner, Ernest A. (2007). "A Checklist of the Amphibians and Reptiles of Mexico". Louisiana State University Occasional Papers of the Museum of Natural Science 80: 1-60.
  • Mertens R (1972). "Eine neue Schlankatter der Gattung Leptophis aus Mexico ". Senckenbergiana Biologica 53 (5-6): 341–342. (Leptophis mexicanus septentrionalis, new subspecies). (in German).
  • Oliver JA (1942). "A check list of the snakes of the genus Leptophis, with descriptions of new forms". Occ. Pap. Mus. Zool. Univ. Michigan (462): 1-19. (Leptophis mexicanus yucatanensis, new subspecies, p. 10).


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